text user interface

The DOS Shell is a file manager first debuted in MS-DOS and PC-DOS 4.0 (June 1988) and discontinued after version 6.0 but part of the "Supplemental Disk" until 6.22 for MS-DOS - as such was not a core part of the operating system throughout its evolution but rather an add-on. The shell was intended as a graphical alternative to command.com and was not compatible with later versions of ...

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• DOS Shell - Features
• DOS Shell - Criticism

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The shell includes common features seen in other file managers such as copying and pasting of files as well as the ability to "launch" applications with a double-click. The shell could be run by the command "dosshell" and had the ability to set simple colours and styles, the shell was one of the first successful attempts by Microsoft to create a basic graphical user interface (GUI) type file manager in DOS, although it is properly referred to as a text user interface (TUI). The shell is very much like ...

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DOS Shell, DOS Shell - Features, DOS Shell - Criticism

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The Cat was primarily the brainchild of Jef Raskin, originator of the Macintosh project at Apple in 1979. It featured a text user interface, not making use of any mouse, icons, or graphics. All data was seen as a long "stream" of text broken into several pages. Instead of using a traditional command line interface or menu system, the Cat made use of its special keyboard, with commands being activated by holding down a "Use Front" key and pressing another key. The Cat also used special "Leap keys" and, by typing strings of characters, the user could navigate to the next occ ...

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Canon Cat, Canon Cat - Description, Canon Cat - History

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The Canon Cat was targeted at low-level clerical workers such as secretaries. After six months on the market and with 20,000 units sold, Canon discontinued the Cat. The Cat was released into a market of newer GUI-based computers like the Apple Macintosh that were finally becoming useful business computers, which were replacing dedicated word processing machines wholesale. The Cat, while considerably more capable than most machines, simply "looked outdated". It was mistaken for an old-style word processor rather than being seen as a precursor to a new way of handling information or as a very ...

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Canon Cat, Canon Cat - Description, Canon Cat - History

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